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Class ExpressionFn</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public class <B>ExpressionFn</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../com/saxonica/functions/extfn/Evaluate.html" title="class in com.saxonica.functions.extfn">Evaluate</A></DL>
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This class implements the saxon:expression() extension function
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/saxonica/functions/extfn/ExpressionFn.html#getArgumentTypes()">getArgumentTypes</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the required types for the arguments of this function, counting from zero</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the function name, as a QName</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the maximum number of arguments allowed by the function</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the minimum number of arguments required by the function</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Get the type of the result of the function</TD>
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ExpressionFn</H3>
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public <B>ExpressionFn</B>(<A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/Configuration.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon">Configuration</A>&nbsp;config)</PRE>
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getFunctionQName</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/om/StructuredQName.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.om">StructuredQName</A> <B>getFunctionQName</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Get the function name, as a QName
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getMinimumNumberOfArguments</H3>
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public int <B>getMinimumNumberOfArguments</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Get the minimum number of arguments required by the function
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getMaximumNumberOfArguments</H3>
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public int <B>getMaximumNumberOfArguments</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Get the maximum number of arguments allowed by the function
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getArgumentTypes</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../net/sf/saxon/value/SequenceType.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.value">SequenceType</A>[] <B>getArgumentTypes</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Get the type of the result of the function
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makeCallExpression</H3>
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